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Now its very easy to create a dynamic Google gadget for your WordPress Blog. People can add your gadget to iGoogle or to their other pages across the web. When users add your gadget to their iGoogle homepage, they’ll see your content each time they visit Google. Your Google gadget will show your latest posts sorted by date and an avatar image (your Gravatar).
You can greet visitors coming to your site from different sources using 2 simple WordPress plugins.
Referrer Detector is a WordPress Plugin that displays a greeting message to visitors that come from different urls (known as referrers).
For example, you may want to welcome Diggers with a message that reminds them to digg your story, or you may want to ask Del.icio.us users to bookmark your post, and so on.
The plugin is easy to use and install. It comes with out-of-the-box support for 14 sites which should cover a good portion of the traffic that you would receive.
This makes it a install and forget plugin unless you really want to bother about customizing it.
Referrer Detector has many useful features like pure AJAXed admin interface, the greet box position option, or you can put a tag (<?php if (function_exists('referrer_detector')) referrer_detector(); ?>) into the template to show the greet box anywhere of choice. Exclude URLs, a stat panel. Many installed-by-default entries (which can be restored anytime with one click). Upon installing, you will have these entries available:
This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer URL.
For example, when a Digg user clicks through from Digg, they will see a message reminding them to digg your post if they like it. Another example, when a visitor clicks through from Twitter, they will see a message suggesting them to twit the post and follow you on Twitter. You can also set a default greeting message for new visitors (not matching any referrer URLs) suggesting them to subscribe to your RSS feed.
Having these targeted suggestions will help your blog increase exposure, loyal readership, and reader interaction.
Its prominent features are,
Show a different greeting message to your visitor depending on the referrer URL. You can add/edit/delete/disable these greeting messages as you choose.
Greeting messages automatically get inserted into the top of your posts upon activation. There is no need to modify theme files.
Ability to auto-insert greeting message to the top or bottom of the post.
Greeting messages can be user closeable or not.
Ability to detect the visitor’s search keywords from major search engines and automatically display related posts under the greeting message.
Show a default greeting message even if the visitor does not match any of your configured referrer URL.
Show a default greeting message even if the visitor does not have JavaScript enabled.
AJAX greeting message in the frontend makes it compatible with caching plugins (such as WP Super Cache) and WPMU.
AJAX administrative interface that uses nonce verification to discourage hackers.
Ability to set a timeout to forget a visitor so we do not keep nagging them with greeting messages.
Ability to set rules to exclude some referrer URLs from seeing greeting messages. Regular expressions is also supported (but not required!).
Ultra customizable greeting message box (with CSS) allowing you to prefix/append HTML around the greeting message box.
Currently the following referrers are installed by default, but you can easily create your own if your favorite referrer is not on the list!
blinklist.com
blogmarks.com
del.icio.us
delicious.com
digg.com
diigo.com
facebook.com
flickr.com
furl.com
google.*
ma.gnolia.com
mister-wong.com
myspace.com
netvibes.com
newsvine.com
reddit.com
search.live.com
search.msn.com
search.yahoo.com
simpy.com
stumbleupon.com
technorati.com
twitter.com
youtube.com
My personal review is that I prefer ‘WP Greet Box‘ and I’m using this plugin at one of my sites. The ability to display related posts make it better then Reffer Detector.
Are you using any of these plugins? Or anyother greeting plugin? Has it helped increase visitor loyalty, number of hits? Please tell us about your experience through comments.
WordPress.TV new space for WordPress geeks and users have been launched. Its home for tutorials of WordPress self install and WordPress.com
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WP-Brain is a quality WordPress theme. Theme is made free by Ilchi Lee fans and Ilchi Lee blog. Brain theme has a home page template if you want to have a static page. By default it displays blog posts on front page. Theme comes with administration panel which have options to manage ads, flickr photo gallery, feedburner integration and left or right sidebar option.
1. Upon receiving the theme package, unzip the theme pack.
2. You will have following files and folders
a. Healthy-Living
b. ThemeGuide.doc
c. ThemeGuide.txt
d. Logo PSD
3. So, Healthy-Living is actual theme folder. Upload this folder in wpcontent/themes/ folder.
4. Log in to your WordPress admin panel and go to Presentation where you will have screenshots of the themes in your themes directory.
5. Click on the Healthy Living theme to activate it
6. Done!
7. To customize theme looks, look at the Theme Admin Options below.
Which plugins are compatible/Integrated in the theme?
Theme is tested and compatible with,
PageNavi
FlickrRSS
Gravatar
Post-Rating
ShareThis
Also it should be compatible with other plugins as themes are built the normal way the themes are built for WordPress.
Key Features
2 Column layout.
Web 2.0 Theme
Widget Support
Meta Tag Support
3D Feed icon
Change sidebars to left or right from admin panel.
Ad Integration & Built in Ad Management.
SEO Friendly
Feedburner Integration
Gravatar support
Left or right sidebar design
Tested in Firefox 2, Safari(Mac), IE7, IE6.
Built in Ad management through theme options panel.
License
This theme is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, hence please leave the footer links intact. Please do not use on adult or gambling related sites.
Healthy Living is simple and elegant theme for WordPress. This theme is made free by Dahn Yoga blog and Dahn Yoga Members. Healthy Living comes with many cool features built in. This 2 column widget ready theme allows the user to edit the looks of the site with ease from the WordPress admin panel. The theme works right out of the box with no set up. Overall a nice clean theme for all your blogging needs.
How to Install the theme?
Upon receiving the theme package, unzip the theme pack.
You will have following files and folders
a. Healthy-Living
b. ThemeGuide.doc
c. ThemeGuide.txt
d. Logo PSD
1. So, Healthy-Living is actual theme folder. Upload this folder in wpcontent/themes/ folder.
2. Log in to your WordPress admin panel and go to Presentation where you will have screenshots of the themes in your themes directory.
3. Click on the Healthy Living theme to activate it
4. Done!
5. To customize theme looks, look at the Theme Admin Options below.
Which plugins are compatible/Integrated in the theme?
All the themes at thewordpresspro.net are tested and compatible with
PageNavi
FlickrRSS
Gravatar
Post-Rating
ShareThis
Also it should be compatible with other plugins as themes are built the normal way the themes are built for WordPress.
Key Features
2 Column layout.
Web 2.0 Theme
Widget Support
Meta Tag Support
3D Feed icon
Change sidebars to left or right from admin panel.
Ad Integration & Built in Ad Management.
SEO Friendly
Feedburner Integration
Gravatar support
Left or right sidebar design
Tested in Firefox 2, Safari(Mac), IE7, IE6.
Built in Ad management through theme options panel.
License
This theme is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, hence please leave the footer links intact. Please do not use on adult or gambling related sites.
Mint Web 2.0 is a refreshing Web 2.0 theme. Features mint colors and a 3D feed icon with mint leafs. Theme is based on a CSS template by David Herreman. Theme is elegant and beautiful. Theme comes widget ready, with meta tag support. Let’s give your blog refreshing mint web 2.0 flavor.
Old Lamp is a classic old styled WordPress theme. This is my first theme released publicly under creative commons license. Theme features an old lamp in header with lite colors and stylish looks. Theme comes widget ready, with meta tag support for WordPress version 2.3 and highly optimized for SEO. If you’re a thinking person and want to give your blog a nice unique design, old is a must for you.
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